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    07 Dec 2010
    China
    JUA
    CHN 29/2010
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • torture
Alleged crackdown on human rights defenders in China following the awarding of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Mr. Liu Xiabo. According to the information received, the following were arbitrarily arrested and/or detained: Wang Lihong, Wu Gan, and Zhao Changqing, Liao Shuangyuan, Wu Yuqin, Liu Suli, Hua Chunhui, Wang Yi, Li Hai, Guo Xianliang, Xu Zhiyong, Wang Lihong, Liu Jingsheng, Wang Guoqi, Wu Gan, He Yang, Xiao Lu, Tiantian, Gao Jian, Peng Mo, Zhang Yongpan, Zhao Fengsheng, Tiantian, Liu Qiangben, Shen Minqiang. The following were reportedly subject to restrictions on freedom of movement through the imposition of house arrests: Zhang Zuhua, Zhou Tuo, Pu Zhiqian, Fan Yafeng, Yu Jie, Ning Xuan, Hou Wenbao, Cui Weiping, and Xu Youyu. The following activists had reportedly been put under police surveillance or their freedom of movement had been restricted: Bao Tong, Liu Xia, Ding Zilin, Jiang Peikun, Jiang Qisheng, Hu Shigen, Gao Yu, Yu Meisun, Liu Suli, Liu Qiangben, Feng Zhenghu, Chen Tianshi, Yao Lifa, Chen Guangbiao, Gao Jian, Tiantian, Zhang Dajun, Zhang Jiannan, Liu Di, Liu Junning, Liu Ning, Li Xiongbing, Zhao Fengsheng, Wang Yi, Sun Wenguang, Qi Zhiyong, Wang Lihong, Li Zhiying, A Er, Wang Zhongxia, He Yang, Jiang Tianyong, Li Fangping, Xu Zhiyong, Zhao Changqing, Qang Guangze, Xia Yeliang, Zhang Hui, Wang Jinbo, and Mo Zhixu. Activists who were prevented from going abroad include Ai Weiwei, Mao Yushi, Liu Xiaoyuan, Cui Weiping, Mo Shaoping, He Weifang, Li Subin, Jiang Tianyong, He Guanghu, Liao Yiwu, Hao Jian, Zhang Boshu, Guo Yushan, Fang Cao, Wang Jinglong, Duan Qixian, Yu Fangqiang, Ding Ding, son of Ding Dong and Geng Xiaoqun. Activists forcibly returned to their hometowns included Liu Shasha, Wu Gan, Zhao Changqing, Hua Ze, Zhang Hui and Gao Jian, Mo Zhixu, Hou Wenbao, Chen Tianshi and Li Hai. The following were subject to acts of intimidation, notably through summons for questioning: Huang Yaling, Sun Wenguang, Ni Wenhua, Li Hongwei, Qin Zhigang, Xie Jinyu, Chen Xi, Mo Jiangang, Chen Defu, Shen Youlian, Xu Guoqing, Wang Zang, Wu Yuqin and Liao Shuangyuan, Wang Lihong,Ye Du, Cha Jianguo, Gao Hongming, Wang Guangze, Jiang Danwen, Yang Anliang, Wang Zhengwei, Li Chun, Zhang Wei, Wang Lihong, Zhao Changqing, Wu Gan, Xu Zhiyong, Liu Jingsheng, Wang Guoqi, He Yang, Zhang Yongpan, Yin Yusheng, Zhao Fengsheng, Bao Longjun, Liao Shuangyuan, Gao Jian, Wei Qiang, A Er, Xiao Lu, Tiantian, Sun Wenguang, Li Hongwei, Ni Wenhua, Qin Zhigang, Liu Guiqin, Jie Jinyu, Hou Zonglan, Gao Xiangming, Li Wanlong, Gong Lei, Chen Qingquan, Li Changyu, Li Shijun, Chen Xi, Huang Yanming, Du Heping, Shen Youlian, Xu Guoqing, Li Renke, Duan Qixian, Zhang Wei, Zan Aizong, Zhu Xinxin, Ye Du, and Chen Xiaochang. Other activists who were warned not to celebrate or spread the news that Liu Xiabo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize included Yang Hai, Zhang Jiankang, Wang Debang, Wen Kejian, Li Jianjun, Zhang Shanguang, Mei Chongpiao, Mo Jiangang, Tian Zuxiang, Yong Zhiming, and You Jingyou. The internet access of Liu Xiabo‘s wife, Liu Xia, was reportedly interrupted by the authorities, and her cell phone service blocked.
Alleged victims: 134
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